000 CDUS45 KMSO 160738 CLIMSO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT 1238 AM MST TUE DEC 16 2008 ................................... ...THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 3 347 PM 56 1924 30 -27 33 MINIMUM -9 1148 PM -12 1972 16 -25 21 AVERAGE -3 23 -26 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.33 2000 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.52 -0.19 0.39 SINCE OCT 1 2.91 2.31 0.60 2.05 SINCE JAN 1 12.56 13.19 -0.63 10.36 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MONTH TO DATE 3.3 SINCE JAN 1 35.7 SINCE JUL 1 3.3 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 68 42 26 38 MONTH TO DATE 576 610 -34 577 SINCE DEC 1 576 610 -34 577 SINCE JUL 1 2291 2625 -334 2414 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 348 256 92 644 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 900 PM LOWEST 48 1200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE MISSOULA MT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 57 1941 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 16 -26 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 16 2008......SUNRISE 816 AM MST SUNSET 448 PM MST DECEMBER 17 2008......SUNRISE 817 AM MST SUNSET 449 PM MST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$